Incoming freshmen at Wagner College got some advice about Facebook and other Internet do's and don't's from someone who knows firsthand about how things can go out of control when fun pictures posted on a website get into the wrong hand: Miss NJ Amy Polumbo. more ›

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a dead body in the water off of Houston St. on the west side of Manhattan, a shooting at Lincoln and Classon in Brooklyn, and a water rescue off Coney Island's Surf Ave. in Brooklyn.
• A young woman from upstate was crowned Miss New York last night. "An exhausted"-looking Miss NJ looked on, after two weeks of scandal and intrigue.
• Famed Central Park red tailed hawk Pale Male is fine after a construction worker pelted him while he was on his perch.
• Longtime area attraction at Rye Playland may never reopen.
• Remember searching for the prize in a cereal box? Cops found $100,000 stuffed in a box of Cap'n Cunch when they raided a Washington Heights heroin distribution center. They also found $12 million in drugs.
• City schools are operating with the assistance of lots of cash from private organizations and individuals.
• Aides to Governor Spitzer are fully aware of his anger management problems. He sees it as a problem-solving tool.
• Native Americans are getting involved in a sport that is mostly played by white affluent Americans: lacrosse, which was invented by Native Americans.

Banner week for SFist as the site's new editor introduced himself -- hooray for Brock! While the NY Times weighed in on SF's mayoral race, only SFist had the hard-hitting latest on candidate/activist Josh Wolf. Coverage of a protest vs. gentrification spawned a fantastic debate amongst SFist's readers. Finally, from the sublime to the ridiculous: video of a man that confused a Board of Supes meeting with "open mic night" and sang a custom version of Madonna's "Borderline" to a much-beleaguered board member. more ›

The New York Post is loving the NJ beauty pageant story, which includes allegations that a fellow contestant may have been behind the blackmail plot to get Miss New Jersey to relinquish her crown. Someone sent pageant winner Amy Polumbo a package of photos that were lifted from Polumbo's Facebook account and doctored to include sexually suggestive captions. The Daily News says that there is no breast-baring or drug-taking in any of the photos, but Polumbo will still have to appear before the NJ board of the Miss America competition to determine whether she can keep her crown or not. more ›